Hinge for windows and doors of motor cars



April 2s, 1925.

H. KLEMM HINGE FOR WINDOWS AND DORS OF MOTOR CARS Filed March 17, 1924 Patented Apr. 28, 192.555.`

y 1,535,783 PATENT OFFICE.

iinNNsKLnivii/r, or SINDELFINGEN, GERMANY, .AssieNoR To naiivTtEn-ivroroaina-A GESELLSCHAFT,

OF GERMANY.

OF STUTTGARTUNTERTURKHEIM, GERMANY, A. CORPORATIN HINGE Fon WINDOWS AND nouns or Moron oAEs.

` Application filed March 1*?,`

To all 107mm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HnNNs KLEMM, a citizen of the State oflVurttemberg, Germany, residing at Sindellingen, Vnrttemberg, Germany, Bahnhofstrasse 38, have inventedcere tain nevv and useful improvements m a -Hinge for VVindoWs and "Boers of Motor Cars, of which the following` isa specification.

This invention is the'resnlt of theendeavour to provide for motor-cars, more especially for motor cars `with removable and collapsiblehood, in which the axis of the hinges oi` the Window positioned above the door is ont of line iviththe axis of the hinges of the door, such devices asWill permit the Window and door to retain the relative position, which they have to each other in the closed state, also When they are open. y In order to accomplish this object there is provided according to the present invention, a hinge for the Window, by applying which `the window is attachedto the top oit the car body by means of a connecting arrangement flexible in itself, and also shiftable, so that door and Window will keep their relative position to each other in the closed state also when they are thrown open, as an example of this invention the hinge may be formed in such a manner, that the shank of one side ot the hinge is provided with a joint and that the shank and the shankesnpport are movable against each other.

In the drawing an example of the invention has been represented diagrannnatically in tivo views, in which Fig. l is a. view ot a part oil. a motor-car With the door closed and the Window also closed.

Fig. 2 is a plan View and sectional view with the door opened and with the Window opened and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section ot a motor-car With the door in its open position.

The motor-car (a), for example,is provided With a removable body-top (o), Which is collapsible. Attached to the body-top by means of hinges, is the Window (c), which is in mechanical relation to the door (d). lt must be possible to open and to close the door and the Window (c) together in the Well known manner. However, as is evident in the drawing, the axis (e) oi the hinges (6') and (e2) oi the Window is out of line with the axis (f) of 1924.` Serial No. 699,732.

witheach other in such a manner, that they Will not alter their relative positions in the closed state or on being opened, there is, for example, a further hinge (y) provided in the trame-member or shank (es) of the hinges (e) and (e2), attached to hinge (g), and forming a continuation thereof, is a guiding element or rod (7L), which, according to the example, engages a sleeve attached to the frame of the Window (c) so as to be slidable` therein.

As is shown in Fig.` 2, the window (o) has the same relative position tol the door al) in the open state as Well as in the closed state.

After having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

l. A hinge for Windows and doors of motor cars, more especially 'for motor cars with detachable and collapsible tops and with the axis of the door-hinges displaced against the axis of the Window hinges, in combination with a hinge member connecting the Window with the top of the car body, said hinge vmember'being flexible and adapted to .beshittech substantially as described.

2. A hinge for Windows and doors of motor cars, more especially Yfor motor cars With detachable and collapsible tops and with the axis of the door hinges. displaced against the axis of the Window hinges, in combination with a hinge` member coimecting the Window with the top oi' the ear body, said l'lingemember being flexible and adapted to be shifted and to canse the door and the Window to retain their relative position to each other as Well in closed as also in opened state, substantially as described.

3. A hinge for Windows and doors of motor cars, more especially for motor cars With detachable and collapsible tops and With the axis of the door hinges displaced against the axis of the Window hinges, in combination with a hinge member connecting the Window With the top of the car body, said hinge member being flexible and adapted to be shifted and to cause the door and the Window to retain their relative position as Well in closed as also in opened state said hinge member forming one shankiitting` of the general hinge and said shank-fitting being jointed and arranged so that the litting is adapted to be shifted in relation to the fitting-support, substantially as described,l

4l. A hinge for Windows and doors of motor cars, more especially `tor motor ears with detachable and collapsible tops and with the dow to retain their relative position to each other as well in Closed as also in opened state, said hinge member torming' one shanktitting oil the general hinge, sai-d shank-litting being' jointed and arranged so that the fitting is adapted to be shifted in rela-tion to the iittingesupport, said shank-fitting jointed in the Fitting-portion engaging the Window frame, substantially as described.

A hinge ttor Windows and doors o't motor ears, more especially for motor ears With detaehable and collapsible tops and with the axis of the door hinge displaces against the axis of the Winden7 hinges, in combina-tion with a hinge member connecting the Window with the top of the car body, said hinge member being 'flexible and s-hiftab'le and forming one shank-fitting' of the general hinge, said shank-fitting being jointed in the iittii-ig-po-r'tion engaging t-he. Window tra-me yand one portion of the jointed itting engaging a suitable portion of the Window frame so as to be shit'table, substantially as described.

6. In an automotive vehicle of the open car type, the combination of a body, a door hinged thereon, a Window Comprising an independent element and located in mechanical relatimi to said door, a hinged frame-member n'ioiinted upon said body, the axis ot the hinges o'l" said trame-meinber and the hinges of said door being' out of line with each other, sleeves located at opposite horizontal edges of said Window, rods slidabl'e in said sleeves and pivotal connect-ions between said rods and fran'ie-member.

In testimony whereof atiix my signature in vpresence of two witnesses.

HANNS Klillvlivi.

lvitnesses H. TAYLOR, JORDAN BAUER. 

